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“Her eyes hold the pale moon in them, the way a still pond holds stars.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“My visitors are often surprised when they see the TV Mack put in my domain. They seem to find it odd, the sight of a gorilla staring at tiny humans in a box. Sometimes I wonder, though: Isn't the way they stare at me, sitting in my tiny box, just as strange?”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“I was born in a place humans call central Africa, in a dense rain forest so beautiful, no crayons could ever do it justice.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“Humans waste words. They toss them like banana peels and leave them to rot. Everyone knows the peels are the best part.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“It's kind of like when you look at yourself in the mirror and you say your name. And it gets to a point where none of it seems real. Well, sometimes I can do that, but I don't need an hour in front of a mirror. It just happens very fast, and things start to slip away. And I just open my eyes, and I see nothing. And then I start to breathe really hard trying to see something, but I can't. It doesn't happen all the time, but when it does, it scares me.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“The thing is, some girls think they can actually change guys. And what’s funny is that if they actually did change them, they’d get bored. They’d have no challenge left. You just have to give girls some time to think of a new way of doing things, that’s all. Some of them will figure it out here. Some later. Some never. I wouldn’t worry about it too much.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“And I wonder if anyone is really happy. I hope they are. I really hope they are.”
― Stephen Chbosky

“Five minutes of a lifetime were truly spent, and we felt young in a good way.”
― Stephen Chbosky